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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Biofire Diagnostics, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David E. Jones, Layton, UT (US);
Kirk Max Ririe, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Thomas Charles Robbins, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Elizabeth Doman Copene, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Charles Benjamin Cox, Sandy, UT (US);
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for spotting an array with fluid. Arrays produced by such methods are also provided. In one aspect of the invention, a spotter device for spotting a plurality of fluids into an array is described, the spotter device comprising a plurality of reservoirs provided in a first configuration, each reservoir holding its respective fluid, a print head having a plurality of positions provided in a second configuration, the second configuration being different from the first configuration, a plurality of tubes, each tube configured to provide fluid communication from a reservoir at a first end of the tube to a position in the print head at the second end of the tube, and a pump for pumping fluid through the tubes from the reservoir to the print head.